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System Properties Comparison ObjectBox vs. PlanetScale vs. Sphinx vs. TiDB vs. Vitess

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NameObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonPlanetScale  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonTiDB  Xexclude from comparisonVitess  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsScalable, distributed, serverless MySQL database platform built on top of VitessOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesTiDB is an open source distributed SQL database that supports Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing (HTAP) workloads. It is MySQL compatible and features horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and high availability.Scalable, distributed, cloud-native DBMS, extending MySQL
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document storeDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.08
Rank#179  Overall
#6  Object oriented DBMS
#9  Vector DBMS
Score1.09
Rank#178  Overall
#82  Relational DBMS
Score5.97
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Score4.09
Rank#72  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#202  Overall
#95  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
planetscale.comsphinxsearch.compingcap.comvitess.io
Technical documentationdocs.objectbox.ioplanetscale.com/­docssphinxsearch.com/­docsdocs.pingcap.com/­tidb/­stablevitess.io/­docs
DeveloperObjectBox LimitedPlanetScaleSphinx Technologies Inc.PingCAP, Inc.The Linux Foundation, PlanetScale
Initial release20172020200120162013
Current release4.0 (May 2024)3.5.1, February 20238.2.0, July 202415.0.2, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageC and C++GoC++Go, RustGo
Server operating systemsAndroid
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxDocker
Linux
macOS
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes, plus "flex" map-like typesyesnoyesyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infowith proprietary extensionsSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)yesyes infowith proprietary extensions
APIs and other access methodsProprietary native APIADO.NET
JDBC
MySQL protocol
ODBC
Proprietary protocolGORM
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
SQLAlchemy
ADO.NET
JDBC
MySQL protocol
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoproprietary syntaxnonoyes infoproprietary syntax
Triggersnoyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedhorizontal partitioning (by key range)Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlineMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes infowith TiSpark Connectorno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency across shards
Immediate Consistency within a shard
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency across shards
Immediate Consistency within a shard
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infonot for MyISAM storage enginenoyes infofull support since version 6.6yes infonot for MyISAM storage engine
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID at shard levelnoACIDACID at shard level
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infotable locks or row locks depending on storage engineyesyesyes infotable locks or row locks depending on storage engine
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or rolesnoFine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or roles
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ObjectBoxPlanetScaleSphinxTiDBVitess
Specific characteristicsTiDB is an advanced open-source, distributed SQL database for modern application...
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Competitive advantages- HORIZONTAL SCALING : TiDB grants total transparency into your data workloads without...
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Typical application scenariosTiDB is ideal for transactional applications that require extreme scalability and...
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Key customersBlock, Pinterest, Catalyst, Bolt, Flipkart, Capcom, Shopee (E-commerce), JD Cloud...
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Market metrics34K+ GitHub stars 5K+ members in TiDB Community Slack 1K+ community contributors...
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Licensing and pricing modelsTiDB Community : Free open source software (Apache 2.0) TiDB Self-Hosted : Enterprise...
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